Keith Houston
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Keith Houston
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Keith Houston
The Book - A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time
In an invitingly tactile history of this 2,000 year-old medium, Houston follows the development of writing, printing, the art of illustrations, and binding to show how we have moved from cuneiform tablets and papyrus scrolls to the hardcovers and paperbacks of today.
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Empire of the Sum – The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator
Starting with hands, abacus and slide rule, humans have always reached for tools to simplify math. Pocket-sized calculators ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic bomb, took us to the bottom of the ocean and accompanied us to the moon.
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The Book – A Cover–to–Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time
We may love books, but do we know what lies behind them? In The Book, Keith Houston reveals that the paper, ink, thread, glue and board from which a book is made tell as rich a story as the words on its pages—of civilisations, empires, human ingenuity and madness.
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Shady Characters – The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks